Finally a useful feature (no) ( jlai.lu )
'LLM-free' is the new '100% organic' - Creators Are Fighting AI Anxiety With an ‘LLM-Free’ Movement ( www.theatlantic.com )
As soon as Apple announced its plans to inject generative AI into the iPhone, it was as good as official: The technology is now all but unavoidable. Large language models will soon lurk on most of the world’s smartphones, generating images and text in messaging and email apps. AI has already colonized web search, appearing in...
Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission ( www.neowin.net )
STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus ( www.wired.com )
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Japan forces Apple and Google to open their mobile platforms • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled: U.S. Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now the institution is pulling the plug ( www.platformer.news )
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Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app ( www.bbc.com )
'Russian spy agency forgot to pay its bill’: Did a delinquent ChatGPT account expose a pro-Trump Russian bot campaign? ( www.dailydot.com )
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US sues Adobe for “deceiving” subscriptions that are too hard to cancel ( www.theverge.com )
EU to charge Apple under Digital Markets Act, impose a fine of up to $50 million per day - GSMArena.com news ( m.gsmarena.com )
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns ( arstechnica.com )
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself ( www.techradar.com )
Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says ( www.propublica.org )
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Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, U.S. lawsuit claims ( arstechnica.com )
Temu—the Chinese shopping app that has rapidly grown so popular in the US that even Amazon is reportedly trying to copy it—is "dangerous malware" that's secretly monetizing a broad swath of unauthorized user data, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday....
don't use ladybird browser lol ( cyberpunk.lol )
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/6814
Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia ( www.theregister.com )
Mozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in Russia by the Kremlin....
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
Proton announces Docs in Proton Drive ( proton.me )
AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings ( arstechnica.com )
Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable ( www.tomshardware.com )
Highlighting journalism on Mastodon ( blog.joinmastodon.org )
It looks like it will require a manual review process for now but it could be automated down the line.
Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services ( truthout.org )
AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses ( www.404media.co )
A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...
